Daughter to Bryan Wayne LaPlant and Keasha Marie Brown of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:36 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 1998. Name, Becca Reane. Weight, 7 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Ms. Brown is the daughter of Dennis and Pamela Furlong of Cape Girardeau and Perrie and Tish Brown of Toledo, Ohio. LaPlant is the son of Robert and Linda LaPlant of Desloge and Kenny and Linda Rogers of Bluffton, S.C. He is employed at Lynn Enterprises.
Daughter to Acacia S. McPherson and Scott Burton of Perkins, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:57 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 1998. Name, Ashley Nicole. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Ms. McPherson is the daughter of Terry and Cheryl Gagliardz of Morley. She is employed at Columbia Sportswear in Chaffee. Burton is the son of Hubert and Sheila Burton of Chaffee and Debbie Burton of Scott City. He is employed at Delta Supply Inc. in Delta.
Son to Alvan DeWest and Belinda Kay Smoot of Cairo, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, 1998. Name, Wesley Jamal. Weight, 7 pounds. First child. Mrs. Smoot is the former Belinda Maney, daughter of Geraldine Maney of Cairo and R.D. Andrews of Marion, Ind. Smoot is the son of Carolyn Smoot and Johnny and Annie Avance of Sikeston. He is employed at Havco Wood Products.
Son to David Keith and Karen Lynn Wilson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 1998. Name, Luke McGwire. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Wilson is the former Karen Boyd, daughter of Allen and Alma Boyd of Jackson. Wilson is the son of Jerry and Marilyn Wilson of Cape Girardeau. He is a salesman at Sikeston Motors.
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